2 Thessalonians 2:7

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The mystery of this sin is already at work. But it cannot work effectively until the person now holding it back gets out of the way.

Cross References

Acts 20:29

I know that fierce wolves will come to you after I leave, and they won’t spare the flock.

2 Thessalonians 2:6

You know what it is that now holds him back, so that he will be revealed when his time comes.

1 Timothy 3:16

The mystery that gives us our reverence for God is acknowledged to be great: He  appeared in his human nature, was approved by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was announced throughout the nations, was believed in the world, and was taken to heaven in glory.

1 John 2:18

Children, it’s the end of time. You’ve heard that an antichrist is coming. Certainly, many antichrists are already here. That’s how we know it’s the end of time.

1 John 4:3

But every person who doesn’t declare that Jesus Christ has come as a human has a spirit that isn’t from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist that you have heard is coming. That spirit is already in the world.

Revelation 17:5

A name was written on her forehead. The name was Mystery: Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and Detestable Things of the Earth.

Revelation 17:7

The angel asked me, “Why are you surprised? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and the beast with the seven heads and the ten horns that carries her.